something simple

04/02/2021

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These are the three S I M P L E steps to have an impactful Instagram account!⁠ 🙌🏼
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1. PLAN what needs to happen each month or quarter and be specific about the type of content that needs to go out! [This is the PERFECT time to add ideas to your Content Idea List]⁠
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2. PUBLISH the content! This is where you DO👏🏼THE👏🏼WORK👏🏼! Create valuable content that you want to publish on Instagram!⁠
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3. PROFIT! With a plan and a consistent publishing schedule, you will build trust and provide value to your audience! Of course, you want to add a little engagement here, and engagement there... but this isn't something that should take you hours every week! Just POP IN and say "hello"! Connect with your audience!⁠ 🥳👋🏼
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Do you find that you often miss a step?⁠
If so, how come?

03/02/2021

✨ 8 Photo Editing Trends That Will Be Popular on Instagram THIS YEAR✨

We're all about trying new ways to enhance your social media aesthetic! And Instagram offers a platform to test out new methods! 🙌🏼

recently dropped a blog post that we're loving!!

Here are our top three FAV trends:
1. The “No-Edit” Edit
2. Text Overlays
3. In-feed Color Blocking

→ https://later.com/blog/photo-editing-trends/

26/01/2021

Do you practice yoga?⁠ 🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏾‍♀️🧘🏿‍♀️⁠
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In a yoga practice, you set an intention, connect with yourself, reflect on your intention and continue your practice, while giving yourself permission to adjust as needed💕⁠
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This is very similar to social media ⁠🤔🙃⁠
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You set goals, connect with your audience, evaluate your goals, and adjust as needed throughout the month.⁠
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The one aspect of yoga that doesn't seem to transfer over into social media is to give yourself permission to fail, to let go of expectations, and to publish content that you're proud of - no matter what is being published by your peers!⁠ 🙌🏼🙌🏼⁠
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Just like yoga, you need to let go of the expectations of others, of competitors and let the post FLOW!⁠
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When you do this, the stress is gone, and you start to fall back in love with your Instagram community and TRUST that you will see an impact!⁠🥳⁠
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What is holding you back from publishing that post?⁠
Let us know in the comments below 👇🏼⁠

04/01/2021

>> How to create a simple social media strategy

09/12/2020

Small business first.⁠
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It's probably not the first time you've heard the phrase...⁠
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When you make a purchase from a small business, there is an actual human doing a happy dance! And we do! Literally!⁠ 🙌🏼⁠
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And it's not just a happy dance because someone placed an order, it's an acknowledgement that the long hours, the hard work, the tears and the smiles are all worth it! It's knowing that we're going to be able to pay our staff, our bills, support our community and fulfill our goals and dreams.⁠
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This year (of all years), consider where you're choosing to shop!⁠
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Think small business first.⁠
Your choices make a BIG impact for SMALL businesses! ⁠
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06/11/2020

The importance of supporting local and shopping local hits home!!

This video by Locorum London speaks wonders about our amazing local community 🙌🏼🙌🏼!!

Share with your friends and family 💕!

23/10/2020

>> HOW WAS YOUR WEEK??

24/09/2020

What does... fall 🍂, coffee ☕️, positive quotes 💕, and⁠ chocolate chip pumpkin muffins have in common?⁠
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Our collection of Fall Instagram graphics FREE for you to download 🙌🏼!!⁠
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They are playful, quirky, and minimal! Perfect for any Instagram account!!⁠
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Download them right here 👇🏼
https://somethingsimple.co/alittlesomethingsimple

22/09/2020

Here is your weekly Accountability Check-in!!

Every week we will check-in with you to see how you are doing with your long-term and short-term goals!

Whether you want:
+ Grow your Facebook community
+ Grow your Instagram account
+ See more subscribers in your newsletter list, or
+ Welcome new leads in your inbox

We will check-in with you at the beginning of each week and encourage you to share your goals with us!

Here are something simple's long-term and short-term goals!

Long-Term Goals
1. Establish ourselves as leaders in social media management - with the mentality of “We strive to make social media simple”

2. Have a full roster of Social Media clients to cover all business costs and fees by December 2020

3. Launch our on-brand Membership of Instagram Templates in January 2021 with a 30% increase month over month (excited for this one!!!)

Short-Term Goals
1. Grow our Instagram account to 3,220 by September 30, 2020

2. Grow our (overall) Newsletter subscribers from 320 to 400 by September 30, 2020

3. Grow Fall collection Subscribers to 50 by September 30, 2020

We will also be sending out weekly reminders, social media tips, love notes and accountability check-in's to your inbox EVERY FRIDAY!!!

What better way to stay accountable then to share your goals with someone else!

Receive gentle weekly reminders 👇🏼
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What are you goals?
Let us know in the comments below!

15/09/2020

|| The Fall Collection ||

A curated collection of 10 FREE aesthetically pleasing Instagram graphics!!
-> https://somethingsimple.co/alittlesomethingsimple

Graphics don’t need to be a barrier to an aesthetically pleasing Instagram feed!

They’re playful, quirky and minimal - you won’t help but FALL in love with them 🍂😉

A few of them are also evergreen, so you can use them all year round (YASSS!!!) 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Download The Fall Collection below and join the community by using the hashtag

We can wait to see how you use them in your feed 💕

03/09/2020

|| When was the last time you looked at your Instagram insights? ||⁠
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Before I dive into anything about numbers, know that it's ok to look at your insights and HAVE NO IDEA what they are telling you!⁠
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To you, they may look like a bunch of red or green percentages making you feel good, confused, angry, or like you never want to look at them again!⁠
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So here is your crash course! ⁠
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1. Set a goal for the month!⁠
It could be growth, engagement, saves, story views, click-throughs etc! Setting a goal will help you navigate which analytics to assess! No need to be overwhelmed by it all! ⁠
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2. Check-in throughout the month!⁠
Are you making moves to reach your goals? The set it and forget it mindset is a thing of the past! Consider the actions you need to take to accomplish your goals! At the end of each week take a look at your Insights! - What are they telling you? Are your actions working, or do you need to PIVOT?⁠
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3. Make it visible!⁠
Write it down somewhere! On a whiteboard, a post-it note, in your notebook! Somewhere that you check regularly! It should be written down and stay top of mind.⁠
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4. Review + reflect + track!⁠
This is my favourite step! Review your insights at the end/ beginning of each month to determine if you reached your goal(s), and also what worked well and what didn't quite hit the mark. This will make it easier for you, as you go to create more content and set new goals!⁠
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5. EXTRA TIP⁠
Take note of what posts/stories worked REALLY well throughout the month and save those captions/story ideas to reuse for another time! ⁠
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When was the last time you looked at your Instagram insights??⁠
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📷 simplykphoto

13/07/2020

YOU ARE ENOUGH!

Sometimes I need to be reminded of this 💕

So here is YOUR Monday reminder:
YOU ARE ENOUGH!!

Enough to take on a challenging Monday
Enough to ask for what you’re worth
Enough to say yes AND no
Enough to hit publish on that social media post
Enough to send that email
Enough to start that new project
Enough to launch a business

Being a small business owner sometimes means you feel like you’re on your own! Know that today you officially have someone cheering for you 🙌🏼

Send me a message, we will shoot the s**t, rant, laugh, cry, share our wins and losses - and the ROCK this week!!

YOU ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH!

29/06/2020

It’s for REELS! 🙉

Have you heard about the new Reels feature being tested on Instagram!?

Reels is a new way to share engaging content on Instagram! Users can create 15 second video clips set to music and share in your stories 🎵!

How is this different than the story feature??
Instagram Reels can be shared on Instagram Stories, sent directly to specific users, or added to a new Reels tab on a user’s profile!

And Instagram is introducing a new Explore tab, where the best-performing public Reels will have the chance to go viral 🙌🏼

We haven’t been told when or if this new feature is being rolled out worldwide, but we can hope🤞🏼

What do you think!? Share your FEELS (😉) with an emoji in the comments below!

📷 Simply K Photography

24/06/2020

Falling in love with all the terracotta tones over here!!⠀
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Can’t wait to showcase Martina Biljan’s new brand design!⠀
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This mood board is the dream 🙌🏼🙌🏼⠀
Just like our client 💕

19/06/2020

Sometimes it comes down to the words...⁠

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Clear, concise, and witty captions that encourage your audience to take action, is the most common social media drawback we hear from small business owners! ⁠

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Does this sound like you?⁠

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"I never know what to say!"⁠

"I love engaging with my audience and building a community, but what should I write in my captions?"⁠

"No one ever engages with my posts"⁠

"What am I doing wrong?"⁠

"I have no interest in writing social media posts!"⁠

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Why not pass that frustration and burden off to someone else??⁠

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We can support you with "Creative Captions", a monthly offering that takes the guesswork out of writing weekly captions - because we do it for you! ⁠

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Creative Captions⁠

✨ Caption creation for up to 2 social media platforms⁠

✨ 3 pre-planned captions/week⁠ per platform⁠

✨ Hashtag strategy⁠

✨ We post for you! ⁠

✨ A monthly conference call (as needed)⁠

→ https://somethingsimple.co/social-media-management

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We also love spending time on the conference call brainstorming marketing ideas with you!! ⁠

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If you have any questions about Creative Captions, feel free to send a DM or visit our website to set up a Consultation!

https://somethingsimple.co/social-media-management

Lets get intentional about your social media strategy! Providing you with a one-of-a-kind social media strategy for your one-of-a-kind business!

09/06/2020

7 Mental Health Tips For Social Media!

This blog post from Later may be directed at Social Media Managers, however, these tips are amazing for anyone who often finds themselves SCROLLING through your feeds!

✨Four of our favourite tips from the post!✨

1. Take control of your social media feeds!
You control what shows up in your feed! Make sure they bring you happiness and joy! Otherwise hit that unfollow button... NOW!

2. Set limits
Since its basically impossible to cut social media out altogether, set realistic time limits on your aimless scrolling.

3. Find the time for daily meditation (LOVE THIS ONE!)
You might be thinking that 10 minutes won't make an impact... but meditation can help reduce stress, anxiety and boost creativity - HERE FOR THAT🙌🏼!

4. Ask for help!
Take control of your feelings and express them to someone you're comfortable with and will ultimately support you.

https://later.com/blog/social-media-mental-health-tips/

Discover the best free resources and mental health tips for social media managers, so you can protect your mental health and take care of your wellbeing.

04/06/2020

Creating a brand is a collaborative project 🙌🏼⁠⠀
Questions should be asked on both sides before any creating takes place!⁠⠀
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It's almost like an interview... it helps determine if the designer understands your needs and can envision what you hope to see come to life!⁠⠀
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Here are some key questions you should ask a potential designer 👇🏼:⁠⠀
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+ How would you describe your design aesthetic?⁠⠀
+ What does your process look like?⁠⠀
+ What are the next steps after the design is complete?⁠⠀
+ What does the timeline look like?⁠⠀
+ Can you outline all costs?⁠⠀
+ Do you have a contract? (And they should!!!)⁠⠀
+ What are the file types I will receive? And how will I receive them?⁠⠀
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Working with a designer shouldn't feel like a burden, it should feel like a dream! You're that much closer to having your brand come to life 💕

01/06/2020

And just like that...⁠
something simple TURNS THREE 🙈🥳!⁠
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It's hard to believe that it was only three years ago that something simple was born!⁠
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We've learned SO MUCH, made a ton of mistakes, and will continue to learn and make more mistakes as we go 🙌🏼!⁠
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Although 2020 hasn't quite been the year we thought it would be, we're looking forward to the plans we have coming up and CAN'T WAIT TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU 💕!!⁠
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Thank YOU for being such an amazing community!⁠
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WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE YOU!⁠

📷 Simply K Photography